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Christine Armer 
Instructor

Copeland Hall 213
405-325-2312
carmer@ou.edu

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Lewis Borck 
Assistant Professor

Horizon Endowed Chair of
Native American History and Culture
 

Copeland Hall 207
lsborck@ou.edu


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Josh Clough

Josh Clough
Lecturer

Copeland Hall 336
405-325-2312
jjc@ou.edu

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Amanda Cobb-Greetham
Professor 

Founding Director of the Native Nations Center
 


Copeland Hall 235/235A
405-325-2312
acobb@ou.edu

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Clifton Cottrell 
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow

Copeland Hall 208
cliftoncottrell@ou.edu
405-325-2312

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Patrick Del Percio
Instructor

Copeland Hall 332
405-325-2312
pdelpercio@ou.edu

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Melanie Frye

Melanie Frye
Instructor

Copeland Hall 332
405-325-2312
mfrye@ou.edu

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Laura Harjo

Laura Harjo
Interim Chair
Associate Professor

Copeland Hall 240
405-325-2312
harjo@ou.edu

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Raina Heaton

Raina Heaton
Assistant Professor

Assistant Curator
Native American Languages Collection - Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

NAS Internship Advisor
 

Copeland Hall 203
405-325-2312
rainaheaton@ou.edu

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Kasey Jones-Matrona 
Mellon Impact Postdoctoral Fellow

Copeland Hall 208
kc.jones-matrona@ou.edu
405-325-2312

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Laura Harjo

Farina King
Associate Professor

Horizon Endowed Chair
of Native American Ecology and Culture

Copeland Hall, room 205
farinaking@ou.edu
405-325-2312


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Freddie Lewis

Freddie Lewis
Instructor

Copeland Hall 336
405-325-2312
flewis@ou.edu

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Warren Queton

Warren Queton
Adjunct Instructor

queton@ou.edu

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Dane Poolaw
Instructor

Copeland Hall 332
405-325-2312
dpoolaw@ou.edu

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Martha Poolaw

Martha Poolaw
Instructor

Copeland Hall 212
405-325-2312
martha.n.poolaw-1@ou.edu

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Corey Still
 Adjunct Lecturer

corey-still@ou.edu

 

 


Dustin Tahmahkera
Associate Professor

Wick Cary Endowed Chair
of Native American Cultural Studies

NAS Gradaute Liaison and Graduate Advisor
NAS Practicum Advisor


Copeland Hall 237
405-325-2312
numu@ou.edu

 

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Katie Bayliss
(Absentee Shawnee)
Administrative and Financial Coordinator

405-325-2312 
kbayliss@ou.edu

Marwin Begaye

Marwin Begaye
Associate Professor of Printmaking and Painting

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Brian Burkhart

Brian Burkhart
Associate Professor of Philosophy

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Lisa Byers
Associate Professor of Social Work

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Taiawagi Helton
Professor of Law

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Lori Jervis
Professor of Anthropology

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Carol Rose Little
Assistant Professor of Linguistics

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Kimberly Marshall
Associate Professor of Anthropology

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Amanda Minks

Amanda Minks
Associate Professor, Honors College

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Joshua Nelson
Associate Professor of English

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Alexander Pearl
Professor of Law

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Paul Spicer
Professor of Anthropology

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Traci Voyles
Associate Professor and Chair
of Women's and Gender Studies

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Kim Wieser
Associate Professor of English

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Kelvin White, Ph.D.

Kelvin White
Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor of SLIS

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Matthew Garcia
Graduate Teaching Assistant
matthewgarcia@ou.edu

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Sarena Gray
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Sarena.M.Gray-1@ou.edu

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Karlie Ryal
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Karlie.C.Ryal-1@ou.edu

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Rebecca Yacyszyn
Graduate Teaching Assistant
rebecca.yacyszyn-1@ou.edu

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Tyson Putthoff
Undergraduate Advisor

 Dale Hall Tower 212
405-325-7853
tyson@ou.edu

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Dustin Tahmahkera
Associate Professor

Wick Cary Endowed Chair
of Native American Cultural Studies

NAS Graduate Liaison and Graduate Advisor
NAS Practicum Advisor

Copeland Hall 237
numu@ou.edu

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Raina Heaton

Raina Heaton
Assistant Professor

Assistant Curator
Native American Languages Collection - Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

NAS Internship Advisor


Copeland Hall 203
rainaheaton@ou.edu

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Amanda Cobb-Greetham
Professor of NAS

NAS Mellon Impact Fellowship Program
Coordinator and Advisor

acobb@ou.edu

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Taylor Broadbent
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Kierra Chrisco
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Maeci Crotts
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Kianna Hamilton
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023


Rayle Heinzig
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Lexie McIntosh
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Hope Reeves
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Asa (Ace) Samuels
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Savannah Slayton
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023


Taryn Evans
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2021-2022

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Edgar Heap of Birds

Edgar Heap of Birds
Professor Emeritus

eheapofbirds@ou.edu
http://heapofbirds.ou.edu

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Clara Sue Kidwell
Professor Emeritus

Melanie Frye

Melanie Frye
(Muscogee Creek Nation)
B.A., Native American Studies 2007

Melanie Frye is an almnus, current student, and active faculty member in Native American Studies.

Melanie earned her bachelor's degree in 2007 from The University of Oklahoma in Anthropology with a double major in Native American Studies.

She is currently in her last semester of graduate work in NAS with a focus on Language, History and Cultural Knowledge.

She also serves the department as an instructor of Creek language.

Her passion is working toward the revitalization and perpetuation of the Mvskoke (Creek/Seminole) language.  In doing so, she feels that she is honoring her late father, Johnny Frye, late uncle, George Bunny Jr., and her late mentor, Margaret McKane Mauldin.

Melanie attended NCAIS (Newberry Consortium of American Indian and Indigenous Studies) Summer Institute in Chicago, IL during the summer of 2019.  There, she attended classes and participated in research on language revitiliztation.

Melanie will discuss her personal journey of learning and teaching her language as part of the OU Native Nations Center series "Language As Personal Journey" on January 22nd, 2020.

Melanie recently received the good news that her abstract was accepted and that she'll be presenting at the NCAIS 2020 Graduate Student Conference in February 2020.


Corey Still 
(United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma)
Class of 2013

Corey Still taught Cherokee language for the Native American Studies department from 2016 - 2019.  He now serves now as Director of Scholarship Operations for American Indian Graduate Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

David Gover

David Gover
(Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma/Choctaw Nation)
Class of 1997

David Gover practices Indian law as a staff attorney for the Native American Rights Fund in Boulder, Colorado

Candessa Tehee

Candessa Teehee
(Cherokee Nation)
Class of 2000

Tehee serves her tribe as the Director of the Cherokee Heritage Center and Museum in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.



Bird Runningwater
(Cheyenne/Mescalero Apache Tribe)
Class of 1994

Based in Los Angeles, Bird Runningwater serves as the Director of Sundance Institute’s Native American and Indigenous Program.